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Annual Meeting of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy

January 5-6, 2007, Washington DC, with the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Schools

American Conservative Thought and Politics

Conference co-chairs: Melissa S. Williams and Sanford Levinson

Friday, January 5, 2007

3:30-5:15 pm: Joint AALS Executive Committee and American Society for Political and
Legal Philosophy Program

"American Conservative Thought and Politics: Perspectives from Political Science"
Washington 4, Exhibition Level, Marriott Wardman Park

Paper:   Nathan Tarcov, Professor of Social Thought and Political Science, University of Chicago

Commentator:  John Holbo, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, National University of Singapore
Commentator: Arthur Jacobson, Max Freund Professor of Litigation & Advocacy.

Chair: Melissa Williams, Professor of Political Science and Director, Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto

6:30 pm: Wine and Cheese Reception
Washington 3, Exhibition Level, Marriott Wardman Park

Saturday, January 6, 2007

8:00-9:00 a.m: American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy Breakfast
Marriott Salon III, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park

9:00 a.m.-12:30pm: Joint AALS Executive Committee and American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy Program

9 am- 10:40 pm: "American Conservative Thought and Politics: Perspectives from Law"
Marriott Salon III, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park   

Paper: Richard Garnett , Associate Professor, Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame University

Commentator: Robert George , McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University
Commentator: Elizabeth Harman, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University

Chair: Sanford Levinson, W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair,
University of Texas Law School; Professor, Department of Government, University of Texas

10:40-10:50 am, Coffee break and ASPLP Annual Business Meeting

Marriott Salon III, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park   

10:50am- 12:30 pm, "American Conservative Thought and Politics: Perspectives from Philosophy"
Marriott Salon III, Lobby Level, Marriott Wardman Park   

Paper: David Sidorsky, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Columbia University

Commentator: Patrick Deneen, Associate Professor of Government and Markos and Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Chair in Hellenic Studies, Georgetown University
Commentator: Elizabeth Emens, Associate Professor of Law, Columbia University

Chair: Jacob T. Levy, Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, McGill University

As usual, this is an absolutely terrifc program.  See you in DC!